CEOSalary.com
CEOSalary turns SEC proxy filings and IRS Form 990 disclosures into a sourced, board-ready benchmark — so your next comp conversation isn't a guess.
Overview
A single-seat executive compensation benchmarking tool for CEOs, presidents and C-suite executives at public and large private US companies. Build a peer set by revenue band, sector, region and ownership type; see exactly where you sit at the 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentile with every figure cited back to its filing; then export a negotiation case-builder PDF to bring into the room. Built entirely on public SEC DEF 14A and XBRL data cross-validated against IRS Form 990 — never a paid survey, and never a company expense line.
The problem
Executives walk into offer, renewal and severance conversations without a defensible benchmark, working from scraped Glassdoor figures and a handful of hand-skimmed proxy filings. Rovaryn's modelling puts the cost at roughly $65,000–$150,000 a year blended: under-negotiated total comp at offer or renewal ($40,000–$250,000/yr), unprotected severance and change-of-control terms ($200,000–$1,000,000+ one-time), a foregone move to a better-compensated role ($50,000–$300,000/yr), and board or comp-committee information asymmetry ($25,000–$100,000/yr).
Key features
- Peer-set builder with revenue, sector, region and ownership filters
- SEC DEF 14A + XBRL ingestion, normalized and cross-validated
- IRS Form 990 nonprofit positioning (Tracker tier and above)
- Percentile positioning report with a citation on every figure
- Negotiation case-builder PDF export
- Offer-comparison calculator and equity-valuation helper
- Saved peer-set alerts when new filings land
Benefits & outcomes
- Walk in with a sourced number instead of a guess — benchmarked cases typically shift outcomes 5–15% of total comp on $500K–$2M packages
- Benchmark severance and change-of-control terms against peer-disclosed provisions before you sign
- Close the board and comp-committee information gap with the same filings they use
- Buy it on a personal card — no company expense report, no procurement